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Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Apr 27, 1902

Page

3

Walthour Faces Grueling Ten Mile Match Race Attempt

Atlanta rider Bobby Walthour plans a punishing one mile and ten mile relay style pursuit to defeat George Leander and Freeman Lake. Chapman, travelling from the West, challenged Walthour but was outpaced in two heats. The spectacle features Leander and Freeman as teammates in a decisive endurance test with Walthour pursuing a final sprint.

Salt Lake City Bobby Walthour John Chapman Chapman Leander Freeman Lake Galsin Freeman Leander Lake Atlanta Far West Walthouris Eig Algo Bard Bobble Walthour East George Leander Frage Man Agai Lean

Walthour Defeats Chase In Opening Motor Paced Race

The opening night features a motor paced race with three motors and three men on track. Leander and Freeman each have a motor while Welthour follows Lawson. The event marks a major motor night and Walthour’s farewell Atlanta appearance for months before potential Europe trip and track demolition for old lumber sale.

Der Leander Freeman Welthour Lawson Walthour Atlanta New York Boston Savannah

Wonderful invention aids cotton picking workers

Potts Cotton Pickers Spring Spine Supporter from Winder Georgia owner GC Potts is patented to fully support the back in a bent standing posture. Simple adjustable device eliminates back strain for long field work. Potts sells rights with Foster Hood partners to market and grant state and county rights. Scotland beats England in Hoylake golf match by seven holes.

Potts Winder A. Foster J M Hood Winder,Ga Potts & Co Winder, Ga

Picing at Pearl Springs for Railway Conductors Picnic

The seventeenth annual picnic of the Order of Railway Conductors is set for next Saturday at Pearl Springs. A special Atlanta and West Point train will depart Union depot at 7:30 AM, returning at 5:00 PM to Atlanta around 6:40 PM. Activities include dancing boating swimming foot racing and baseball. Round trip fare is 50 cents for adults and 2 cents for children and servants.

Pearl Springs Atlanta and West Point Union Depot Springs Atlanta

Pine Mountain Springs Resort at Liffey GA Promoted by Dr J M Head

Renovated health resort with a modern hotel and baths at Liffey Georgia draws praise after revival last season. Dr J M Head of Zebulon brought it into prominence by purchasing and expanding the property, noting its scenic air and desirable location.

Pine Mountain Springs Liffey J M Head Zebulon

Veterans Return Home After Dallas Reunion Stopovers

The advance guard of veterans who attended the Dallas reunion reached the city yesterday and reported a great time with an unalloyed success. Today many large parties will pass through the city, including Atlanta veterans making stopovers, as the homeward movement proceeds with a smaller group than the Texas reunion.

Dallas Texas Atlanta

Drug Store Burglary on Grant and Waster Streets

Hood Roberts and Anderson drug store near Grant and Waster streets was broken into last night. Burglars forced a window, unlocked doors, and stole cigars and stamps from Sub-station No 13. Police were notified. total loss estimated around five to twenty dollars.

Hood Roberts & A Sderson Grant and Waster Streets Burelara

Field Day for the Schools at Piedmont Park

Four grammar school pupils will compete at Piedmont Park on May 16 for the annual field day. Dr Theo Toepel leads planning with notable events promised including races for girls and boys plus drills. Special races for girls and a grand exhibition drill are planned with music by the Fifth Regiment.

Piedmont Park Tay Theo Toepel

Margraviate Wins Queens County Handicap at Aqueduct

At Aqueduct New York April 6 six thousand people saw F Brindle s Margraviate win the Queens county handicap a mile and 70 yards race Colonel Padden the favorite led early but Wonderly on Margraviate passed to win by a nose The card also featured seven furlongs The Puritan Cervera Kennard Flamboyant and other sprinters with varying margins and times across six races.

New York F. Brindle Margraviate Aqueduct Colonel Padden Com Paul Calgary Ceck Mar‘graviate Seling the Puritan Miller Metatersinzer Odom Marathon Shea Cervera The Musketeer J. Martin Flying Buttrers Kennard Fkler G. Thompson Margraviste Wonderly Dom Paul Cochran G Thompson Cheat Em T. Burns Red Knight T Burns Baikal Brien

Avondale Stakes Won by Olefiant at Cumberland Park

At Nashville April 2 J F Smith & Cos black filly Olefiant won the Avondale stakes at Cumberland Park in clever style. Mallory favored struggled under 121 pounds, Julia Junkin led early in the day, with Brulare defeating Crimean in the Duncan Hotel handicap. Other races saw Decily Green, Loring, and Hi Kodar among winners in varied distances.

Nashville, Tenn J. F. Smith & Cos Olefiant Cumberland Park George S Bennett Mallory Qgueston Ting Julia Junkin Beine Brulare Crimean Julia Junkin Helgerson Carrie I O'Neil To L Sarah Lindsey Decily Green T Walsh Loring Kindsey Coburn Beauchamp O’niel Pappus Erema Dude Hi Kodar Beachamp Echodale Murphy

Week in Wall Street notes crop prospects and market shifts

The article describes how a hot, dry period and looming corn and winter wheat feeding season dampen stock prices while grain markets stay active with rumors and manipulation. It highlights railroad earnings, consolidation trends, and the Watertown readings amid legal blocks on North ern Securities, plus foreign exchange and French investment dynamics.

New York Raina Lake Shore Su*preme Washington Northern Securities Company G Vnershin Northwest Supreme Court Louisville Nashville Via France Russia Jon Sosted Germany Paris

The Literary Outlook From Washington to Besant and Beyond

A wide survey of literary trends and figures including Robert Morris and government finance, a Russian literature anthology by Leon Wiener, a peasant tale translated by George Kennan, and bold advertising plans for a debut novel. It also covers Sir Walter Besant’s rise, early career struggles, and his impact on British journalism and authorship.

Russia Leon Wiener St Petersburg Kennan Amphitheatros Siberia Obmanoff Romanoff Nan Walter Besant Besant Daily Press Sir Walter James Rice Societ Ang Throuzy Aohg

Publishers as a force in literary economics and drama trends

The article surveys publishers as a controversial yet profitable force behind authors agencies and price rises. It notes Besant’s role in curbing low quality work, the piracy debate over Courting of Dinah Shadd, and the shift of literary value toward dramatized adaptations. It highlights dramatization as a growing vocation, with plays influencing royalties and market demand alongside original novels. It cites David Graham Phillips and The Great God Success as evidence of close ties between books and stage adaptations and the evolving career paths for writers and managers.

Besant England Dinah Shadd Kipling Omar Khayyam George Bselbel Pittsburg Richard Mansfield Saya London Literature

Fire damages in Waycross and local notes

Fire losses in Waycross reach about 36000 with Knox and Highsmith stores destroyed. Knox estate valued at 4700, J W Highsmith 500, J W Matson 3, J A Lott 15, J M Satchwell 9, A J Sweat 10, W M Russell 449, Folks estate 9. Knox building insured for 200 and Highsmith building for 300. Also mentions Rev Sam P Jones lecturing in Wadley to a large audience despite weakness.

Waycross Knox Highsmith Knox Estate J.W. Highsmith J. W. Matson J. A Lott J. M. Satchwell A. J. Sweat W . M. Russell Folks Knox Building Sam Jones Wadley Sam P Jones Jones Bia

Ideal Bowden Lithia Springs picnic grounds

Permission for use of Bowden Lithia Spring grounds Lithia Springs Georgia granted on application to the executors of E W Marsh 312 Good Building City. Sweetwater Park note mentions uncertainty in management for owners and a 15 week period?

Bowden Lithia Spring Lithia Springs E. W. Marsh

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